Figure 5.
Neutrophil abundance is increased by 8 hours and peaks at 24 hours after progesterone withdrawal in the mouse endometrium. Neutrophil abundance was analysed by immunohistochemistry and ImageJ-assisted stereology. (a) Representative photomicrographs of endometrial tissue sections at high power. DS = decidualised stroma, Lu = lumen, SE = surface epithelium. (b) Percentage of endometrial stroma comprised by Ly6G-immunopositive cells (normalised to total cell nuclei) plotted against time post-progesterone-withdrawal. Results are presented as a boxplot constructed from second and third quartiles, with whiskers extending to minimum and maximum values. Significance determined by 1-way ANOVA and Dunnett’s multiple comparisons test (to 0 hours’ progesterone withdrawal). *p < 0.05, ***p < 0.001.